FSBO Of The Day: Dracula’s Castle For Sale : Listing Price 78 Million
All of these Beverly Hills and Palm Beach homes that have been listed in the 30–50 million dollar range have nothing on a good midieval property out of the heart of Transylvania. The home that inspired the story of Dracula is for sale for a cool 78 million dollars.
Got to love it.
The family that owns a Transylvanian castle famous for its connections to the 15th Century medieval ruler who inspired “Dracula” said Wednesday that it wants to sell the fortress to local authorities for $78 million.
The local council said it was interested in buying Bran Castle, perched high on a rock and surrounded by snowcapped mountains in southern Transylvania. Dominic Habsburg, the owner, insisted his family had honorable intentions for wanting to sell the castle.
We are trying to find the best way to preserve the castle in the interest of the family and the people of Bran,” Habsburg said in a statement.
The castle was returned to Habsburg, a New York architect, in May. It was confiscated by the communists from Habsburg’s mother, Princess Ileana, in 1948, the year the royals were forced to leave the country.
After the restitution, concerns were raised that the family could sell the castle to a hotel chain and that the site could end up being the centerpiece of a Dracula theme park that would blight the surrounding, pristine countryside some 105 miles north of Bucharest. via the Chicago Tribune.
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Comment by Chris G on 13 January 2007:
Must be nice to be connected to royalty. That’s a good gig.
Comment by vampygirrl71191TSE on 2 August 2007:
its very sad though most people probally will not be interested and i know Vlad’s blood line didn’t carry the vampirism gene
Comment by Meg on 28 December 2007:
I do not know why they do not look for other descendants of Vlad, and see if they would be willing to go into partnership to protect, maintain, maybe even restore the castle to its former beauty and mystery only to use it for an inn/hotel. Rumors say it is haunted, so why not use that too?
Comment by Risika Royalto on 20 March 2008:
I have my eye on that castle. The first time I saw I I felt simply drawn in a way. I plan on visiting it one day. Just maybe stay for a little while. I’ve always dreamed of it.